Medical Professionalism in the New Information Age Free

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Medical Professionalism in the New Information Age (Critical Issues in Health and Medicine)

With computerized health information receiving unprecedented government support, a group of health policy scholars analyze the intricate legal, social, and professional implications of the new technology. Download Medical Professionalism in the New Information Age (Critical Issues in Health and Medicine) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. These essays explore how Health Information Technology (HIT) may alter relationships between physicians and patients, physicians and other providers, and physicians and their home institutions. Patient use of web-based information may undermine the traditional information monopoly that physicians have long enjoyed. New IT systems may increase physicians' legal liability and heighten expectations about transparency. Case studies on kidney transplants and maternity practices reveal the unanticipated effects, positive and negative, of patient uses Search and find a lot of engineering books in many category availabe for free download.